# Ludic

Ludic discourse is language whose primary function is to be part of play, or a style of speech that involves a creative manipulation of the structures of the language. Examples of ludic discourse are play languages, jokes, secret languages, and speech disguises.

This term is an expected value of the property:\
[linguisticGenre](https://ldaca.gitbook.io/metadata-for-language-data/properties/linguisticgenre)

This term is included in the defined term set:\
[LinguisticGenreTerms](https://ldaca.gitbook.io/metadata-for-language-data/defined-term-sets/linguisticgenreterms)

[OLAC](http://www.language-archives.org/REC/type-20020628.html#text/ludic)


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